Assandira

Assandira
Author	Giulio Angioni
Original title	Assandira
Language	Italian
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Sellerio
Publication date	2004
Publication place	Italy
Media type	Print
Pages	243
ISBN	88-389-1991-7

Assandira is a novel by Giulio Angioni, published in 2004 by Sellerio.

Summary

The old Sardinian shepherd Costantino Saru has been persuaded by his son and his Danish daughter in law to establish a hotel restaurant (called Assandira) in his abandoned barn. The characteristic of the company should be to offer European customers, especially from the north, an experience of life in the traditional pastoral world of Sardinia,^[1] where the old shepherd Costantino should be a kind of guarantor of authenticity. The company thrives and even Costantino feels at ease playing the part of the ancient Mediterranean shepherd.^[2] But one day a fire destroys Assandira, kills his son and causes abortion of her daughter in law. Costantino feels responsible and confesses to the investigator. The reason for his self-attribution of responsibility is not clear to the judge,^[3] who does not believe in such a self-incrimination, since his sharing the very idea of reliving the past in order to entertain the tourists.^[4]

Editions

2004, ISBN 88-389-1991-7
2012 eBook, ISBN 9788838929946

Notes

^ H. Kluver, 2012 cit., 196-212
^ B. Wagner, 2008, cit, 102-158
^ G. Pias, La casa della Palma e Assandira, cit.
^ F. Manai, 2006, cit., 233-246

Sources

E. Hall, Greek tragedy and the politics of subjectivity in recent fiction, "Classical Receptions Journal", 1 (1), 23–42, Oxford University Press, 2009.
G. Pias, La casa della palma e Assandira: due "gialli" sulla memoria e l'identità, in Sabina Gola e Laura Rorato (cura), La forma del passato. Questioni di identità in opere letterarie e cinematografiche italiane a partire dagli ultimi anni Ottanta, Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, Peter Lang, 2007, 261–274. ISBN 978-90-5201-318-3.
H. Klüver, Gebrauchsanweisungen für Sardinien, München, Piper Verlag, 2012, 194–212.
F. Manai, Cosa succede a Fraus? Sardegna e mondo nel racconto di Giulio Angioni, Cagliari, CUEC, 2006.
B. Wagner, Sardinien, Insel im Dialog. Texte, Diskurse, Filme, Tübingen, Francke Verlag, 2008.

External links

Podcast 'Assandira' Fahrenheit Radio3 - Live
Italialibri
Massimo Cappitti, L'indice dei libri del mese

[1] H. Kluver, 2012 cit., 196-212

[2] B. Wagner, 2008, cit, 102-158

[3] G. Pias, La casa della Palma e Assandira, cit.

[4] F. Manai, 2006, cit., 233-246

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